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- The Price of Elegance in 1883
A look at the luxury fabrics and household goods enticing early Seattleites at the Golden Rule Bazaar.
- The Jackson Street Bridge Trap
Seattle authorities crack down on fast driving on the Jackson Street bridge, catching nine unsuspecting citizens in a single day.
- The Revolving Door of the Tunnel Works
Laborers are quitting as fast as they arrive due to low pay and brutal weather conditions at the Cascade tunnel site.
- Seattle Deeds Top $29,000 in a Single Day
Public records from July 1888 detail a frantic wave of property transfers, capturing the speculative fever that defined the city's early expansion.
- The Day the Windsor Hotel Burned
A ferocious wind fueled a fast-moving blaze that leveled the hotel and nearly half of the nearby business district, causing $150,000 in damages.
- Vigilante Justice Narrowly Averted in Roslyn
A mob of men attempted to lynch a laborer near Roslyn before word arrived that the alleged crime had not been completed.
- The Coal Road That Built Seattle
A historic rail link between Seattle and the Newcastle mines is sold to transportation mogul Henry Villard, signaling a new era of consolidation for the city's coal trade.
- The Narrow Escape of Tacoma
A painting shop blaze threatened to raze a downtown block, but a fast-acting fire department and a bit of luck spared the city from a worse catastrophe.
- The Lamp That Started (And Stopped) a Fire
Patrolman S. O'Neil broke into a North Seattle lodging house at 2 a.m. and smothered a lamp fire before it spread.
- The Price of Speculation: A 1885 Analysis of Market Volatility
An editorial from 1885 diagnoses the era’s economic woes, blaming a collective obsession with get-rich-quick schemes over steady industry.
- The Boomtown of Prosser
A new city in the Yakima Valley reports rapid settlement and high demand for land registration.
- Seattle’s First Chinese-Owned Cigar Factory
Wa Chong Co. launches a manufacturing venture on Third Street, aiming to keep local profits within the community.
- The Struggle for Shore Access at the Waterfront
A squatter on the Northern Pacific tide lands faces a showdown with a steam-powered pile driver.
- A Costly Slip at the City Dock
Thousands of dollars in railroad spikes plunged into the bay after a dock stringer gave way under the massive weight of materials.
- Speculation Booms at the New 'Tunnel City' Townsite
Investors swarm the Land Office to secure property at the site of the new Cascade Mountain rail tunnel.
- The Unlucky Dreamer’s Club
A satirical club meeting in Seattle warns members against the dangers of interpreting dreams and reporting ghost sightings.
- The Struggle Against the Telegraph Monopoly
Public frustration with the Western Union monopoly mounts as strikes cause service delays, sparking a national debate over the necessity of a government-run postal telegraph system.
- Drought and Forest Fires Gripping the Inland Empire
A grim report from the Colville Valley details parched crops, ruined timber, and a sun obscured by thick smoke.
- A Wagon Road, a Supply Store, and 400 Hogs for Seattle
Snoqualmie road boosters say Kittitas subscriptions are coming in fast as their young secretary opens a store and stable at Preston.
- The Great Timber Fires of 1887
As drought conditions persist, devastating fires tear through the logging camps and timberlands near Seattle.
- The Race to Build the Cedar River Railroad
Seattle property owners are urged to close a $14,000 funding gap to finish a critical standard-gauge rail line.
- The Wire War: Railroad vs. Telegraph
A legal standoff erupts between the Postal Telegraph Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad along the tracks between Tacoma and Kalama.
- Seattle Rebuilds After Fire, Clearing Ruins and Sheltering Residents
Following the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city grapples with the logistics of debris clearance, housing relief, and the return of labor.
- Firing Up for the Building Boom
Veteran brick maker J.S. McAllister gears up to turn the Duwamish riverbank into the foundation for Seattle's next wave of construction.
- The Trickle-Down Fury of the Waterfront
A brutal hierarchy on a Seattle steamboat illustrates the chaotic and abusive nature of labor relations in the 1889 maritime trade.